Don't let your church be a cul-de-sac on the Great Commission highway.

Barna is correct when he writes, "After fifteen years of diligent digging into the world around me, I have reached several conclusions about the future of the Christian church in America. The central conclusion is that the American church is dying due to lack of strong spiritual leadership. In this time of unprecedented opportunity and plentiful resources, the church is actually losing influence. The primary reason is the lack of leadership. Nothing is more important than leadership."7

Community is essential when it comes to successfully living out the Christian walk in a day-to-day context. So the math is simple: More community = More disciples.

If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.

Your denomination is not defined by a style. So don’t let style become a point of contention.

Put your 'yes' on the table and let God put it on the map.

A church without the broken is a broken church.